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The Great West Vocabulary

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
    30 seconds
    5 pts

    Forty-Niners

    Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

    Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system

    Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

    Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    5 pts

    Transcontinental Railroad

    Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

    Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system

    Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

    Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War

  • 3. Multiple Choice
    30 seconds
    5 pts

    Homestead Act

    Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

    Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society

    Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

    Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War

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